The Federation’s moving in, taking over.

My star trek tos take is that if you are a reaaalll big fan of spock and you absolutely HATE bones because he's "mean" to spock. you fundamentally don't understand spock as a character

sometimes when watching star trek you'll be like "this is such a stereotypical trope" but then you'll realize that it most probably invented said trope

There are many wild things about Amok Time as an episode but I feel like we don't talk about the fact that the resolution is pulled from Romeo & Juliet. Like. Administering a drug that feigns death? For the purpose of escaping an arranged marriage? Spock/Romeo falsely believing the trick and being devastated?? This shit is from the most classic romance of all time what the HELL

I don't know man the new Starfleet Academy show is about a generation of faculty that remembers a kinder world doing their level damndest to teach the new generation how to build one better than they've lived to see and if that doesn't sound exactly like what Star Trek should be doing right now then I don't know what to tell you